Harness-saddle



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BQL. MGCLAIN.

HARNESS SADDLE.

N0. 332,098. Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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E. L. MGGLAIN.

HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 882,098. Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT Orrrca.

EDWARD L. MCOLAIN, OF GREENFIELD, OHIO.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,098, dated December8, 1885.

Application tiled February 15, 1854. Serial No. 120,907. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern.:

t Be it known that I, EDWARD L. McCLAIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greenfield, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Harness-Saddle, of which the following isa specification.

rlhisinvention relates to a gig-saddle having a detachable seat, and toa peculiar construction of the saddle-tree plates and connections, ashereinafter described, whereby certain parts of the saddle are renderedinterchangeable to adapt the saddle to different styles of trimmings, sothat the latter may be changed to suit different styles of harness, thuspermitting a variety of combinations in the trimmings of aharness-saddlewithout involving the expense of keeping a large range of styles instock.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is asectional front elevation of a gig-saddle embodying my improvements.Fig. 2 is an end view of a saddle-tree so constructed as to be adaptedfor use with a detachable saddle-seat. Fig. 3 represents the outersurface of a tree-plate and its attached bridge-plate and stay. Fig. 4is a similar view lof the tree-plate with bridge-plate and stay removed.'Fig. 5is ac entrallongitudinal section of the saddle-tree anddetachable seat. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the detachablesaddleseat. Fig. 7 is a top view of the saddle-tree with seat removed.Fig. 8 is a plan of the saddle-tree and skirts withiron jockeys. Fig. 9is a plan of the saddle-tree and skirts with combined iron and leather jockeys and j ockey strips. Fig. 10 is a cross section of saddle ontheline a b of Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a cross-section of saddle on the linec d of Fig. 9. Fig. 12 is a plan of a terret burr or nut; and Fig. 13 isa longitudinal section of the same together with a portion of the saddleand bridge plates.

Referring to the drawings, the referencenumeral 1 designatesthesaddle-plates or saddle-tree proper. The central upper' portion ofthis'saddle-tree is provided at the rear with a back-strap loop, 2, thatmay be cast with the saddle-tree or attached thereto in any convenientmanner. The rear end of the saddle-tree also has a boss, 3, that ts acorresponding boss, 4, on the rear under surface of the detachablesaddle-seat 5, said parts being detachably secured at that end by meansof a screw, 6, passed through said bosses. The forward end of thesaddle-tree is recessed on the under side, as shown in Fig. 5, forreceiving the attaching end 7 of the check-rein hook 8, a screw-bolt, 9,being passed through the front end of the saddle seat and tree, andthrough the hook 8, a nut, 10, being provided to securely connect theseparts. By detaching the nut 10 and withdrawing the screw-bolt 9 thecheck-rein hook can be removed, and the saddle-seat may then be detachedby simply rotating it, the screw 6 being preferably attachedpermanently' to said saddle-seat and removable therewith. It will beseen that the saddle-seat rests directly upon the tree at its front end,while at the rear contact is had through the bosses 3 and 4. Thisconstruction permits t-he saddle seat and tree to be hollowed, as shownin Fig. 5, and allows a lateral rotation of the seat upon the tree inconnecting or disconnecting said parts. The screw 6 may be threaded itswhole length; or it may have its head set into the seat-top, or have itshead cut away; or it may be embedded in the seat Without projectingthrough the top. In any case the screw 6 is preferably fixed in theseat, so as to be removable with it.

Vhen the saddle-seat 5 has been screwed onto the tree-center, thecheck-rein hook 8 is put in place and the bolt 9 passed .through theseat, tree, and hook, and secured by the nut beneath the saddle-tree.The head of the bolt 9 is preferably received in a square opening, 11,at the forward end of the saddle-seat, so as to be prevented fromturning, and may be so made as to avoid projecting above the seat.

The opposite saddle-tree plates 1 may be made in one piece, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. These plates are each formed on the under side with apocket, 12, for receiving the nut or burr 13, by which the terret andjockeys are secured. On the outer side of each tree-plate is adepression or recess, 14,- for receiving a bridge-plate, 15, having araised bridge, 16, that partly covers the pocket in the saddle-treeplate. In Fig. 3 this bridgeplate 15 is shown in place. In Fig. 4 theouter side of the saddlehtree is shown with bridge-plate removed. Whenin place, the bridge-plate is secured by rivets 17, as shown in Figs, 2,3, and 7. The bridge 16 has ICO a round opening, 18, for the passage ofthe terret-shank.

lt will be seen that when the bridge-plate is secured in place a terretnut or burr, 13, can be inserted into the upper end of the pocket 12 andslipped down into position beneath the bridge 16, to receive the screwend of the terret 19. If the terret nut or burr has a flange, as shownin Figs. 12 and 13, the nut proper will be drawn up into the bridge-hole18 by the terret-screw, as seenin Figs. 1, 10, and 11. With thistree-plate a iiat stay, 20, maybe used. This stay may consist of anelastic strip of metal, and is preferably embedded in a recess, 21, inthe lower end of the tree-plate, with its upper end covered by thebridge-plate 15, .as shown in Figs. 3, 7, 8, and 9. The stay 20 may beheld in place by being tacked Vor riveted to the lower end of thetree-plate, or by being clamped by the bridge-plate 15, or by its upperend and the corresponding recess in the tree-plate being made wedgeshape.

Fig. 8 shows a plan of the tree 1 for a detachable saddle-seat with theskirts 22 and iron jockeys 23 in place. The skirts 22 are shown placednext to the tree, and having their upper ends coinciding with the sidesof the tree center. rllhe center of each skirt v22 is cut out so that itwill fit down around the bridge 16, and the opening made for thispurpose is extended upward sufficiently to perinit the burr 13 beinginserted into or removed from-the pocket 12 without disturbing theskirts.

The iron jockey 23 is intended more particularly for a cheap class ofwork. If desired, it may have a japanned surface, and ispreferablyprovided with a raised boss, 24, which adds to its appearanceand serves as a bearing for the shoulder of the terret-shank. f

By referring to Fig. 8 it will be seen. that the upper or inner ends ofthe iron jockeys 23 are coincident with the sides of the tree center,and that they project beyond the ends thereof and abut against eachother at those points. This construction prevents the jock-- eys frombeing displaced when secured by the i terret-screws only. When theterret 19 is screwed into place, the terretburr 13 is drawn up againstand into the bridge 16,. and the jockey 23 is sprung inward, so that allof the y parts are snugly clamped together by the terretscrew.

Instead of the iron jockey 23, a combined iron and leather jockey may beemployed, as shown in Figs. 1, 9, and 11. On the left side of Fig. 9 isseen the uncovered iron jockey 25, and the connecting-strips 26, whilethe right side of the iigure shows the exterior leather covering of jockey'27. In this figure are also seen the stays 20, the skirts 22, andthe tree center for the detachable saddle-seat. Fig. 1 shows a frontview of the same parts attached in the same order, and with thedetachable seat in place. In this form of combined iron and leatherjockey the metallic portion 25 has the same general form as the ironjockey 23,

already described., except that it has no terretbosses. On its' edges itis provided with tackholes 28. A strip of leather, 26, is tacked to theunder side of this jockey 25 at the holes 28, and projects beyond itsedges. The tinished or leatherlcovered jockey 27 is wider than the ironjockey 25, and is sewed along its edges to the connecting-strips 26, asshown by the stitch-line 29 on the right of Fig. 9. Both the ironjockeys 25 and the leather jockeys 27 meet in front of and behind thesaddle.

The iron jockey 25 and its leather cover 27 when united by the strip orstrips 26, tacks, and stitches 29, constitute a combined iron andleather jockey, which may be used interchangeably with the iron jockey23, previously described. All these parts are connected and joined tothe saddle-platesby the terret-screws, as before explained.

The saddle-pads (not shown) are placed unv derneath the saddle-tree, andmay be attached by lapping the surface material of the pad over thesides of the tree, and stitching and drawing it together, or bystitching it to the skirt, or in any other convenient manner.

It will be seen that when the terrets 19 are taken out the iron jockeys23 or the combined yiron and leather jockeys 25 26 27, as the case maybe, can readily be detached and replaced by others of different finishor trimmings but of similar construction. A great variety of changes inthe trimmings With relative variations in the expense of harness-saddlesis thus made possible, so that a considerable range of styles can becommanded without carrying a great amount vof stock.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A saddle-treehaving its center piece provided on the under side with a recess forreception of the check-rein hook, and on the upper surface ofl its rearend with a boss, 3, in combination with a detachable saddle-seat havinga boss, 4, and a xed attaching-screw,

v 6, the check-rein hook 8, bolt 9, and nutv 10,

substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a saddle-tree,` 1, havingan opening-in thefront end of its center piece and a recess formed in its under sidebeneath said opening, of a'det-achable saddleseat, 5, having aperforated boss, 4, and fixed screw 6 at its rear end, and arectangularopening, 11, at its front end, a check-rein hook, 8,

set in the recessed under side of the saddletree, abolt, 9, passed downthrough the saddle seat, tree, and check hook, and having a squaredupper end fitting the rectangular opening 11 in said saddle-seat, and anut, 10, on the lower end of said bolt, substantially as described.

3. A saddle-tree plate having a pocket, 12,

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on its under side and a depression, 14, and recess 21 on its outer side,in combination with a stay, 20, bridge-plate 15, having a bridge, 16,provided with opening 18, a terret-burr, 13,

`and a terret, 19, substantially as described.

4. The combination,with asaddle-tree plate terret-nuts 13 for engagingthe screw ends of the terrets, substantially as described.

6. The combination of asaddletree having pockets 12 and bridge-plates15, the stays` 20, skirts 22, jockeys 25, leather covering 27,connecting-strips 26, terret-nuts 13, and terrcts 19, substantially asdescribed.

EDWARD L. MCOLAIN.

Witnesses:

A. M. MACKERLEY, A. N. MACKERLEY.

